Frontier Fixed Blade Knives, by Gene Stevens, Video; by Tom Hall from Knife Delights

 The classic fixed blade knife was necessity on the American frontier. Every survival function on the great plains, in the forests, in the desert and on the mountain tops, made the fix blade knife a must have tool of every pioneer and hunting pioneer of the great American West. The two most famous weapons of the frontier were the 1873 Winchester rifle and the famous knife carried by the Alamo Defender and Frontiersman, Jim Bowie, his weapon of choice was called the Bowie Knife. It was the fix blade knife that gave Americans the real edge on the American frontier. Videographer Tom Hall, breaks down some of the fixed blade knives in his collection for our readers.

                               Bowie Knife (fixed blade) Photo from Wikipedia public domain

The Bowie Knife, was a fixed blade knife of great strength and size, that epitomized the style of edged combat weapons of the day. It was surely the grandfather of the famous Marine Kabar fighting knife.